Education

BA University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA University of Michigan
PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sage Goellner is an assistant professor of French and Continuing Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she directs French programs for the Department of Liberal Arts and Applied Studies. She was born in northern Wisconsin and earned her PhD at the UW-Madison. In the Department of Liberal Arts and Applied Studies, she works with non-traditional students and lifelong learners in continuing adult classes and online courses, teaching a variety of French language, culture, and literature classes. As a part of her outreach efforts, she is also editor-in-chief of France Synergies, a worldwide educational resource for teachers of French.

Dr. Goellner has lived and studied in several Francophone regions, including Ile-de-France (Paris), Haute-Corse (Ajaccio), Provence (Avignon), Auvergne (Le Puy-en-Velay), and Quebec (Montreal and Quebec City). She has also guided educational travel trips to Aquitaine, Burgundy, and Quebec.

Her area of research focuses on the relation between France and the Maghreb, and she is completing a book about literary representations of the French colonization of Algeria. She is an active member of Women in French (WIF), the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), and the Modern Language Association (MLA). She is interested in 19-century French colonial literature, travel literature, and women’s writing.

When not working, Professor Goellner enjoys all things French, and also gardening, yoga, ballet, and spending time with her family.

Selected courses taught

Adult evening courses
French 1, 2, and 3
Introduction to French Film
France and Its Wars
Hidden Paris

Online courses
Intermediate French Literature and Culture
Introduction to French Civilization
French for Reading Knowledge
French and Francophone Women Writers